A focus on the unconscious may deflect attention from other forces of control
Our discussion has placed considerable emphasis on understanding and dealing with unconscious patterns of behavior and control. Bur what about the more explicit ideological factors that control and shape organizational life? People are often locked into unconscious traps because it is in the interests of certain individuals and groups to sustain one pattern of belief rather than another. An understanding of the psychic prison metaphor can and should be extended to embrace all the ideogical processes through which we create and sustain meaning, not just the unconscious.
In this regard ,the metaphor can be criticized for placing too much emphasis on the role of mental processes in creating, sustaining and changing organizations and society. For many,it may seem more appropriate to talk about organizations as prisons rather than as psychic prisons, since the exploitation and domination of people are often grounded as much in control over the doctorial basis of life as in control over ideas, thoughts ,and feelings